[Ronbo6]

Does anyone have a spare firing pin housing they could sell me for my C-series AC44 G43?

The back end of my housing currently has a huge vertical crack through the hole for the crosspin that retains the firing pin, which threatens imminent failure.

It happend when I fired some Turkish 8mm through the rifle before I knew any better about the stuff.


If you do have a part you can spare, please PM me with the price and other details.

 

[rpf2697]

Try www.frontline-militaria.com they sell original and new made firing pin housings.

 

[rogerbutthead]

There is a guy selling reproductions on e**y - I got one for less than 50 bucks, have not tried it, doubt I will.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260956346955&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:3160

He was selling another one (along with numerous other spare repro parts) after I got this one, so he did seem to have a supply of them. I am wondering who was making these parts. Will probably only test these parts when something I own breaks.

The guy who bought the next one, got it for a cheaper price then I paid.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260962076843

 

[rpf2697]

Roger,
This is the same person who owns/operates the business I reference above. He has an original FP housing for sale on his website along with many repro parts. A friend of mine bought a repro FP housing like yours from him and has fired his G43 with it installed for about 60 rounds of Romanian without incident. I suspect the parts are well made and safe.

 

[rogerbutthead]

rpf2697,

I bought a number of items off e**y from that person, they all look good to me - his buttplates - save for the missing indent on the latch, look very good - his aging of them kinda bothers me though. He looks like a very good source for needed parts at a reasonable price. It took a little less than a month for the parts to reach me.

Ronbo6,

You probably already know, but if you are gonna keep shooting a G43 - have you installed a shooter's kit on it?
http://www.apfeltor.com/

Good Luck

 

[Ronbo6]

I wasn't familiar with the Shooter's kit. Something I am seriously considering now.

My G43 was Bubba'ed sometime in the 50's or 60's to make a deer rifle. The %$^#&^ cut the sling bar off the upper band and filled in the hole in the stock for the sling. He sanded and varnished the stock. Forget about finding any of the stamps on the stock. I think I can make out a bruise in the wood where the eagle was. The rest is 50+ year old sandpaper dust.

When I got it the stock was about the same orange color and was as shiny as you see on Chinese SKS's. it also had a cut-and-welded 5 round magazine on it, stamped Denmark. All the metal had been painted a semi-gloss black, which hid a LOT of sins on the barrel.

He also didn't take great care of it. The threaded muzzle nut was rusted tight when I got it, and there was a lot of corrosion on the outside of the barrel and front sight base from neglecting to wipe it down after firing corrosive. At least he cleaned the bore and the gas system. The bore is still pretty bright, and the piston is 'acceptable'. The cylinder appears to be still almost perfect.

I got it for, like $50 in the 1970's and brought it back as far as I could with what was there. It now has a 10 round magazine and the stock hole has been re-opened. It is no longer orange, and is as close as I could come at the time to bring it back to the color of the original laminated wood (the new color really doesn't look all that bad). The stock is still 'skinny' and doesn't fit real well to the buttplate from Bubba sanding it to death.

I ended up keeping the black paint on the barrel because what was underneath was REALLY ugly! It is a flat black now, though.

I just don't have the budget to bring it back much further. Replacement stocks are far too pricey, and I am reluctant to drive the front sight out of its rusted base and possibly break something to replace that upper band (if I could find one).

It IS a good 'shooter', though, or was, until I put that Turk ammo through it.

When I get the new carrier for it, I plan to use handloads only, and those will be on the mild side.

 

[ChrisFTK]

I can vouch for the parts on Frontline Militaria. Michal is a straight shooter and makes high quality repros from good metal. Just be prepared to wait about 2 weeks for delivery (he's in the Netherlands, I believe).

I purchased a firing pin, pin housing and pin retainer from him and installed on my rifle. All parts function great after 100+ rounds of 70's Romanian 8mm.

I wouldn't recommend shooting a g43 without the Apfeltor shooter kit, as these rifles are ridiculously overpowered and parts are getting scarcer. There are pics on Apfeltor's website showing what can happen if a G43 is fired with the factory gas system--

 

[Ronbo6]

Thanks for the info, and I am going to keep this info on file.

My problem is I refuse to do ebay. I have had problems with Paypal bugging me forever and a day to pay for expensive stuff I didn't order, so I choose not to deal with either of them at all.

I looked into Apfeltor's website and I definitely like what I see there, but I was unable to find on the site any means to get in contact with them, or a mailing address by which I could send them an order.

Since I posted this, I found a local guy who does microwelding that did a pretty good-looking repair job on my carrier and the next time I take my 43 out (with reduced handloads from now on ) I will see how the repair works out.

 

[Chuckd]

I don't mean to tell you what to do, but I would strongly suggest replacing your carrier before you shoot the rifle again.

 

[ChrisFTK]

Agree 100% with Chuckd. Repairs to the carrier should really be for display purposes only. A re-welded bolt carrier is dangerous to shoot. There is no telling when it will break again.

Apfeltors contact info is buried a little in the site. the e-mail is: [email protected]